Toys in the Attic

Toys in the Attic

A cardboard box full of old toys sees the light after decades stored in the corner of a Pawnee Rock attic.
H’lo

H’lo

Praying mantises seem unusually common around here this fall. Maybe it’s because I’m spending more time consicious of the small lives in our shrubs, crawling across our sidewalks, doing highwire acts along our porches. Praying mantises are generally very...
Maybe if I Just Sneak By Quietly….

Maybe if I Just Sneak By Quietly….

The title doesn’t really tell the true story here. The mantis didn’t seem the least bit intimidated by Milo (a neighbor’s cat who pretty much lives at our house). As I was photographing the mantis the old cat just walked over, plopped down behind it,...